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Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Three Floyds Brewing Company

Munster, Indiana USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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5054.11/5.04.11/5.0Winter12%98.7 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Huge sweet body, big flavors and high alcohol levels, this beer is best enjoyed by a raging fire. Complex caramel sweetness is well balanced by generous hopping, delivering an intense, smooth drinking experience. Intense fruity caramel malts, citrus hops, and alcohol notes waft up to tickle your senses.
2005 Bottle release - Pink Wax
2007 Bottle release - Yellow Wax (Brewed in Nov 06)
2008 Bottle release - Purple Wax

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 sneagrams3 (1324), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/105/517/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Tasted 6/24/08. Yellow wax 22oz bomber. Hazy and sedimented with a brown amber hue. Spiraling off-white head. Big candy nose. Woody port and cinnamon. Fudge and grassy. Full bodied and sweet with big malts and hops. Big alcohol presence. Raisins and spicy cinnamon. Cookie malts. Nice sugary/bitter hop duality. Oaky earthy vanilla note,. Estery and syrupy. Solid on both the malt and hop characteristics. Lacing head. Figgy with a touch of burnt sugar. Toffee and graham crackers. Fantastic!


fidelis83 (13), Clinton, Iowa, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/518/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Yellow wax. Pours milky terra cotta with a thin but dense eggshell head. Aroma is citrus but imediately masked by fruitcakeand citrus. Flavor starts off mildly fruity with dried cherries and oak. Finishes all alcohol and mostly pine but a little citrusy hops. Sweet, but not offensively so the second pleasantly drinkable barleywine tonight. Hides its alcohol very well. Only a pleasant warmth.


 Goodgrief (993), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Beer pours ruby brown color with a lot of head and lacing for the abv. The flavor was a ton of citrus sweetness with a load of pine hop. The mouthfeel was a bit flat and sticky and the beer in general was difficult to drink, even for a barleywine. An okay attempt, but not going to make me shell out $20 any time soon...not even close!


 hotstuff (3012), Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 1, 2008  
Purple waxed bottle. Small vanilla head that was mostly lasting, fair amount of lacing, transparent, fizzy carbonation, and a copper hue with some orange, reddish and golden tint. The aroma was malty, caramel, citrus hops, alcohol, grapefruit, and light pine. Ditto for the flavor along with being mildly spicy, some pine, and lightly bitter. Sticky, dry mouthfeel and medium bodied. Quaffable for the style, very hoppy, worthy of a try although this isn’t a beer that I will have again because it was too hoppy tasting since I am not a true hophead.


 jsh12bama (166), Alabama, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/516/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Pours copper/amber with thin off white head. Aroma jumps out of the bottle as the top is popped with hops, caramel, and malt. Taste is malt, hops, tons of caramel. Hops not as noticeable as expected. Nice creamy mouthfeel that goes down easy. Alcohol has slight burn going down but would not have expected 12%. Great beer!




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